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Despite the out-of-state locale, about half the cars at Deep Roots Harvest on Saturday morning carried Utah license plates. Recreational marijuana sales became legal this weekend in Nevada, and for many southern Utahns, Mesquite's Deep Roots Harvest dispensary, a 40-minute drive from St...

Medical Marijuana Update An initiative campaign is getting underway in Utah, Florida's governor signs medical marijuana implementation into law, and more. Arkansas Monday, the state announced it will begin accepting medical marijuana applications this week. The state Medical Marijuana...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could have a significant impact on the upcoming ballot initiative for medical marijuana in Utah. The LDS Church, which weighs in on moral and social issues, has spoken out against recreational cannabis ballot initiatives in the past. Asked by...

Advocates for medical marijuana have filed the necessary paperwork to get the issue before voters in 2018. In an emotional news conference on Monday, patients and advocates tearfully described how medical cannabis could provide help and support. They expressed frustration that the Utah State...

After years of failed legislative attempts to legalize medical marijuana in Utah, supporters submitted an initiative Monday to place the issue before voters in 2018. The Utah Patients Coalition held a Monday morning news conference at the state Capitol and afterward delivered its proposed...

With recreational marijuana sales beginning in Nevada on July 1, many people from surrounding states like Utah, California, Arizona and Idaho are expected to make a run for the border. As FOX 13 reported back in May, the Utah-Nevada border towns of West Wendover and Mesquite are both...

Backers of a medical marijuana ballot initiative tell FOX 13 they plan to ask voters to approve whole plant cannabis when it goes before voters next year. "There are many Utahns who need the full spectrum cannabis," said Connor Boyack, who is acting as a consultant for the ballot initiative...

Utah advocates for medical cannabis have all but given up on state lawmakers making the kind of progress they believe people battling chronic conditions and severe pain so desperately need. "I'm frustrated they haven't done anything legislatively. It's time they listened to the people – I'm...

Unwinding in Nevada may become a lot more interesting for some Utahns. Recreational marijuana dispensaries are popping up in the Silver State after voters there in 2016 approved the personal use of one ounce or less of marijuana by adults 21 and older. But Utahns who plan law-abiding cannabis...

The Utah Republican Party will consider whether to support medical marijuana. A resolution filed ahead of next week's 2017 state party convention calls on the party to get behind medical cannabis. It will be put before Utah GOP delegates for a vote. "RESOLVED, that the Utah Republican...

Medical marijuana advocates in Utah are planning to try to get an initiative on the November 2018 ballot that would allow the drug to be used for treatment. Advocates say they're done waiting for state lawmakers, who have rejected passing a broad medical pot law during the last three...

Salt Lake City, Utah - With just a few days left in the legislative session, funding is in place for medical marijuana studies in the state of Utah. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the studies will provide crucial information, and possibly pave the road to legalizing medical marijuana. However...

Utah lawmakers will unveil multiple medical marijuana legislations Friday, a Fox 13 journalist reported Thursday. Last year, two bills were introduced in the state Senate that would allow people with certain medical conditions to use cannabis. Both measures failed to pass. Currently, state law...

Salt Lake City – The Utah Medical Association is making a public stand against the term "medical marijuana," calling it deceptive as it pertains to debates about the legality of the whole plant. State lawmakers, however, have more ambiguous feelings about the phrase. There is not yet...

St. George, Utah - Two weeks after Nevada legalized recreational marijuana, boarder states are keeping a close eye on pot seeping into their towns. On January 1, it became legal to possess an ounce of pot for adults 21 and older in Nevada. Law enforcement on the Utah side of the border...

Salt Lake City - Ashley Rice is a card-carrying member of the Utah Department of Health's Hemp Registry. The membership entitles her family to drive to a neighboring state where medical marijuana is legal and purchase rather expensive cannabidiol treatment for her seizures. "It's not cheap...

Salt Lake City - Twin brothers, both devout Mormons, are among a growing legion of Utah residents embracing medical marijuana as a way to treat a host of ailments. Nathan Frodsham has advanced degenerative disc disease, leaving him with burning pain as nerves in his neck are pinched by...

Salt Lake City - Twin brothers, both devout Mormons, are among a growing legion of Utah residents embracing medical marijuana as a way to treat a host of ailments. Nathan Frodsham has advanced degenerative disc disease, leaving him with burning pain as nerves in his neck are pinched by...

The Drug Policy Project of Utah recently took the pulse of candidates on legalization of medical cannabis and reduction of opioid overdoses, two issues that appear to be intertwined. Early this summer, the nonprofit DPP of Utah sent its 10-question digital survey to candidates seeking state and...

The Drug Policy Project of Utah recently took the pulse of candidates on legalization of medical cannabis and reduction of opioid overdoses, two issues that appear to be intertwined. Early this summer, the nonprofit DPP of Utah sent its 10-question digital survey to candidates seeking state and...